But then again I was thinking about it the other day and how quite honestly it would be weird for kids in the millenium generation to realistically expect to go big places with just a dream to steer them. The economy fucking sucks, and kids growing up in this climate are going to be different than kids who grew up in Reagan's 80's.

I think there's some truth in that, but the Reagan economy wasn't awesome to everyone either, and Days in the 80's showed some (soap-ified) down-and-out types. And there are a lot of people out there now who are striving all the more because of the changing economy. There's a way to make compelling characters that are relevant to just about any era, but it's just not happening right now on Days.